Striped Bass Stimulus Program - Public Hearings - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

stripermaineiac · 08-06-2010, 05:48 PM

You know whats getting sickening. They keep saying that the rec catch is growing due to all the people that registered for the registry not due to the fish that are being caught which is fewer than it has been in the past.
all they need to do is walk around and ask the shore bound anglers how the fishing has been and they'll hear a different story. Not the same as the boat fisherman say.They are a lot more fishing from shore than from boat.
Same damn thing as in the 70's an 80's. as long as there's a price or bounty on the stripers the greedy won't stop till they're gone.No matter what we do they down play it and lie about the real pic. Ron

piemma · 08-08-2010, 04:35 AM

Article by Basic Patrick in this months RISAA rag says that the powers that be are saying there are too many stripers and that's why we are not catching a lot.

Personally I dragged lead core line with a bubblegum colored tube and clam worm from Black Point to Bonnet Point yesterday morning on a dropping tide and had one short hit in 2 hours.

2 years ago I would have had 10 decent fish. Water was 68 degrees, marking plenty of bait so what's the deal????

BTW, talk about a lot of people fishing: From Bass Rock all the way to First Rock (including Hazard and Newton Ave) there were at least 50 guys fishing. I did not see one guy hook up but it was daylight so...not suprising.

Mr. Sandman · 08-08-2010, 05:34 AM

The comm take is way off this year. ALL anecdotal data shows a pending doom. Yet fishery experts with their "best science" and "maximum yield" approach is not and has not been working.

Experts should do what is right for the fishery, the HELL with public comment, the HELL with any specific user group, do what is right and let the chips fall where they may!

If there fish is in trouble, there should be NO commercial exploitation, period.

Rec take should be minimized with C&R fishery considered.

Gamefish protection for this species.

Fix the bait problem for Christ's sake. End mid water trawlering and protect all forage species.

The reason we have a lobster shortage in so. NE is because we have a major bait problem and the bass have to resort to eating lobsters and crabs, its not water temp, its lack of big bait.